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Guy Webster
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
(Phone: 818/354-5011)
RELEASE: 02-41
Initial science data from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which began
its mapping mission last week, portend some tantalizing findings by the
newest Martian visitor, including possible identification of
significant amounts of frozen water.
"We are delighted with the quality of data we're seeing," said Dr.
Steve Saunders, Odyssey project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. "We'll use it to build on what we've
learned from Mars Global Surveyor and other missions. Now we may
actually see water rather than guessing where it is or was. And with
the thermal images we are able to examine surface geology from a new
perspective."
The latest images from Mars Odyssey are available on the Internet at:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey
http://themis.asu.edu/latest
http://grs.lpl.arizona.edu/results/presscon1/
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